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Moodle Theme Development

By : Silvina Paola Hillar
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Moodle Theme Development

By: Silvina Paola Hillar

Overview of this book

Theming is one of the main features of Moodle, and it can be used to customize your online courses and make them look exactly how you want them to,according to your target audience. If you have been looking for a book that will help you develop Moodle themes that you are proud of, and that your students will enjoy, then this is the book for you. We start off by introducing Moodle 3 and explaining what it is, how it works, and what tools you might need to create a stunning Moodle theme. We then show you how to choose and change the pre-installed Moodle themes in detailed steps, and explain what Moodle themes are and how they work. Next, we show you how to change an existing theme and test the changes that you have made. You can not only plan the customization of theme, but also tailor it using advanced Moodle theming processes; this book is your one-stop guide to creating your own personalized Moodle 3 theme.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Moodle Theme Development
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgements
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Dedication
Preface

Emulating network connectivity


Throughout this chapter, we have emulated different devices in order to check how our theme works. As it is online software and we need an Internet connection, the emulation is not going to be accurate enough, but we will have a close idea for how it works. We will limit the network connectivity on our desktop or laptop device (among others) in order to emulate network connectivity on a chosen device. Here are the steps that we have to follow:

  1. Run Google Chrome.

  2. Run MoodleCloud or Moodle on-premises and log in.

  3. Press the F12 Key.

  4. Click on Toggle device toolbar.

  5. On the right-hand side of the screen, click on Network, as shown in the following screenshot:

  6. Click on No throttling.

  7. A drop-down menu will appear and you need to click on the desired speed, for example, Regular 4G, as shown in the following screenshot:

  8. A warning icon will appear next to Network, showing that there is a limit on the speed connection (in this example, working as Regular 4G), as shown in the...